Canada industry minister to make announcement Friday afternoon

OTTAWA Dec 7 (Reuters) - Canada's Industry Ministry will
hold a media briefing at 4 p.m. (2100 GMT) on Friday with
information embargoed until 5 p.m., and Prime Minister Stephen
Harper will make a statement at 5:15 p.m, the government said.

Industry Canada gave no topic for the announcement, but it
is widely expected to detail the government's decisions on
whether to approve bids from Chinese and Malaysian state-owned
enterprises for Canadian energy companies.
state-owned enterprises like CNOOC or Petronas.